Excerpt from The Elements of Prognosis in Consumption: With Indications for the Prevention and Treatment I offer NO apology for adding to the already numerous list of works on Consumption. The subject is still incomplete, and must remain so till a higher knowledge than any which we yet possess shall have utilised, and rendered available for practice, the immense collection of facts which the literature of Phthisis now presents to the student. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.